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If you’re creating an album, it’s a tedious process to upload each photo one by one. That’s why we’ve included a photo uploader that lets you upload as many photos as you wish all at once. This is similar to Facebook’s photo uploader. Members can easily see thumbnails of all the pictures in their folder, and pick and choose which ones they wish to upload to their photo album.

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webNetwork 3.0 is slated for release is Q2 2009.

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webNetwork 3.0’s Forum plugin will support phpBB2, phpBB3, and the highly popular vBulletin software. All of the integrations will function just like before, integrating a single sign on, along with adding private forums for individual groups.

New Forum Plugin

webNetwork 3.0 is slated for release is Q2 2009.

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With the growing popularity of status updates on sites like Facebook and Twitter, we decided it’s something that your site needs as well. Members will be able to easily update their profile status, which will show up to all of their friends, and anyone viewing their profile.

Profile status

webNetwork 3.0 is slated for release is Q2 2009.

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One of our biggest priorities for webNetwork 3.0 was to make sure that it scales. Over the years, we’ve had some customers who have been very successful in growing their sites and members. We wanted to make sure that webNetwork was capable of handling huge databases.

Critical parts of webNetwork have been optimized in 3.0, yielding a 50% speed improvement in those bottleneck areas. We load tested the software with 100,000, 500,000, and 1,000,000 members, and it held up the stress tests with no hiccups. We’ll pass these speed improvement along to you in 3.0, so rest assured that webNetwork can grow with you.

webNetwork 3.0 is slated for release is Q2 2009.

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We’re excited to announce that webNetwork 3.0 is close to being completed. As a preview, we’ll be releasing the upcoming features in our blog. One of the most frequently asked questions we receive is the ability to integrate with the popular Joomla CMS software package. Well, now it is! webNetwork 3.0 will feature a Joomla social network extension which will allow your Joomla users to use a single sign-on between Joomla and our social network script. What’s even better is that it integrates directly into the Joomla layout system, so webNetwork will be embedded into any theme you load up in Joomla without having to apply those theme changes within webNetwork as well.

Installation is a breeze as well. This integration was built as a social network component for Joomla, so installation is just as easy as any other Joomla component out there.

Below is a teaser screenshot of how the final product looks within the default Joomla theme:

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Joomla/webNetwork integration screenshot

webNetwork 3.0 is slated for release is Q2 2009.

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We are thrilled to announce the release of webNetwork 2.0! All of the features were based on your requests, and we thank you for being so helpful in building the best social networking software available. A full list of features is included below. The latest version is available to download from the customers area. For existing customers, an upgrade from 1.0 to 2.0 will be made available within 2 weeks.

New Features

We hope you enjoy these great new features, and we look forward to your feedback!

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We’ve added a bunch of new WebBoxes that make it simple to add new interactive elements to your site. For those not familiar with our WebBox system, a WebBox is a simple widget that you can place anywhere on your site with a simple tag. For example, simply insert a tag called {WEBBOX_COOLPEOPLE} and the software will replace the tag with the table below. It’s as simple as that, and with all of the different WebBoxes we have, you should be able to make your site even more interactive in minutes!

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Here’s a complete listing of all the new WebBoxes:

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We’ve added many smaller features that are a great addition to the software. A small portion is included below.

Creating new pages

Creating additional pages to the software can now be done right through the administrative area. You can select which section each page is associated with, and flag if the page requires member registration for viewing. This allows you to adding new pages to your site a breeze!

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Short profile URLs

We have no added support for short profile URLs. Members can now go to something like http://www.yoursite.com/customer_username to access a profile. No more long and messy URLs!

Default Photo

When members upload a photo in a photo album, and don’t currently have a profile photo, that uploaded photo will automatically be added as their profile photo. This removes the extra step of forcing members to manually associate an uploaded photo as the profile photo.

Profile Creation Process

The profile creation process has been improved. Customers were facing confusion when clicking the “Next” button didn’t automatically change their settings. This has been modified to save any changes made to the profile.

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We’ve been looking for a way to make the installation and upgrade process of webNetwork even easier than it already is, and have found a great solution. In webNetwork 2.0, we will be introducing a Windows based installer that will remove the need to use an FTP client to upload your files. With a few simple clicks, this installer will take care of uploading your files, setting the permissions, and getting your software up and running in no time!

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For those of you who are charging for the site (or parts of it), we’ve had a feature to allow a trial period being requested many times.

In version 2.0, you’ll be able to set how many days you’d like to offer the trial period for, and associate a trial with a specific membership level that you’ve already defined. This is a great feature to allow your members to test drive your site, and convert them to paying members afterwards!

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